Ithaca

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Product Details
Price
$19.99  $18.59
Publisher
Redhook
Publish Date
Pages
416
Dimensions
6.0 X 9.1 X 1.2 inches | 0.95 pounds
Language
English
Type
Paperback
EAN/UPC
9780316668804

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About the Author
Claire North is a pseudonym for Catherine Webb, who wrote several novels in various genres before publishing her first major work as Claire North, The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August. It was a critically acclaimed success, receiving rave reviews and becoming a word of mouth bestseller. She has since published several hugely popular and critically acclaimed novels, won the World Fantasy Award and the John W. Campbell Memorial Award, and been shortlisted for the Arthur C. Clarke Award and the Philip K. Dick Award. She lives in London.
Reviews
"A fantastical nightmare so skillfully sketched that it felt like truth. And when it was done, I simply didn't want to leave... Compelling [and] beautiful."--NPR Books on Notes from the Burning Age
"A dazzlingly complex, twisting tale....Claire North breathes life into a cast of mythical characters from goddesses to queens to slave-women in a richly nuanced portrayal of human life."--Jennifer Saint, author of Ariadne
"Richly poetic....An impassioned plea for the lost, disenfranchised queens of ancient Greece, a love letter to the silenced women of history who had to hide their pain behind their eyes and their skills, capabilities, and power behind false incompetence and ignorance."--Booklist
"Like Penelope at her loom, North weaves and unweaves, teasing out the threads of Homeric myth to recombine them into something unique, wonderful, and urgently contemporary."--M. R. Carey, author of The Girl With All the Gifts
"The queen of the gods narrates a crackling tale of secrets and intrigue...This is a ground-up view of Greek myth populated by spying maids, crafty merchants, and conniving queens. It's taut, suspenseful, and full of Hera's delightfully dyspeptic attitude. A thoroughly enjoyable exploration of Penelope's side of the ancient story."
--Kirkus
"Consistently thoughtful fiction like this needs to be championed. I'll admit it, I'm a little in awe of the author. Her work is sublime.... Claire North deserves your undivided attention."--The Eloquent Page on 84K
"Claire North is a true original, a master of ingenious plotting and feats of imagination."--Alex Marwood, author of The Wicked Girls, on The Sudden Appearance of Hope
"Penelope is a clever, complicated woman, who is doing the best she can in a very difficult, male-dominated world....North's version of Hera compels a rethink about her place in these stories. And the final moments of Ithaca set up the following book very nicely indeed. This is my first Claire North novel, but not my last."--Locus